The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (ORINWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in non-contiguous sites consisting of islands along 362 miles (583 km)[2] of the Ohio River, primarily (85% of acreage)[3] in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
There are also two islands that are located upstream in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and a pair that are located downstream in Lewis County, Kentucky.[4]
Looking downstream, the refuge is currently located in parts of these counties: Beaver, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Jackson, Mason, and Lewis. All counties are part of West Virginia, with the Pennsylvania and Kentucky exceptions that are mentioned above.
^"Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^"Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge". FWS.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
^USFWS Annual Lands Report, 30 September 2007
^USFWS map
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